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Using languages: verbal nouns
Why learn languages? To answer, you need verbal nouns: learning, travelling, working. Arabic makes these from verbs.
Why languages matter
التَّواصُلُ مَعَ النّاس communicating with people, السَّفَر travel, العَمَلُ في الخارِج working abroad, تَكْوينُ صَداقات making friends, فَهْمُ ثَقافاتٍ أُخْرى understanding other cultures.
أَتَكَلَّمُ ثَلاثَ لُغات = I speak three languages. اللُّغاتُ مُهِمّة لِلْمُسْتَقْبَل = Languages are important for the future.
أَتَكَلَّمُ ثَلاثَ لُغات = I speak three languages. اللُّغاتُ مُهِمّة لِلْمُسْتَقْبَل = Languages are important for the future.
The verbal noun (masdar)
Using it in sentences
تَعَلُّمُ اللُّغاتِ مُهِمّ = Learning languages is important.
يُساعِدُني تَعَلُّمُ العَرَبِيّةِ في التَّواصُلِ مَعَ أَقارِبي = Learning Arabic helps me communicate with my relatives.
بَعْدَ الدِّراسةِ أُريدُ العَمَلَ في الخارِج = After my studies I want to work abroad.
يُساعِدُني تَعَلُّمُ العَرَبِيّةِ في التَّواصُلِ مَعَ أَقارِبي = Learning Arabic helps me communicate with my relatives.
بَعْدَ الدِّراسةِ أُريدُ العَمَلَ في الخارِج = After my studies I want to work abroad.
Translate: Learning languages helps me with travel and work.
- Learning languages: تعلّم اللغات (masdar + noun, an idafa).
- Helps me: يساعدني.
- With travel and work: في السفر والعمل.
Answer: تعلّم اللغات يساعدني في السفر والعمل.
A verbal noun (masdar) is an -ing noun: قراءة, كتابة, دراسة, عمل, سفر, تعلّم. تعلّم اللغات مهمّ. Reasons: التواصل، السفر، العمل في الخارج، تكوين صداقات.
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